[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History June 19

[Steve K. Rourke]

Births:
1301 - Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (d. 1333)
1507 - Annibale Caro, Italian poet (d. 1566)
1566 - King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625)

Deaths:
1312 - Piers Gaveston, French favorite of Edward II of England
1542 - Leo Jud, Swiss reformer (b. 1482)
1584 - François, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)

Other Events:
1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling
Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
1269 - King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an
identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
1306 - The Earl of Pembroke's defeat Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of
Methven.



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